Description

This app lets you study vocabulary, grammar, verbs, and more from some of our bestselling language titles. Designed by our expert authors, these flashcards, exercises, and audio recordings are perfect for study on-the-go!

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McGraw Hill language books approach language learning from many angles and overlap nicely. I just added Italian Demystified, Italian Verb Drills, and Read & Think Italian to my language library. Their free Language Lab is centered on their books. So when I am away from my books I can still get in some study time while on the go. Italian Demystified and Read & Think Italian also provide streaming audio to accompany the text of the book. I chose these books because of the app and online audio. It allows me to find time everyday to stay immersed in study of vocabulary and grammar. I love McGraw Hill for bringing language learning to the 21st Century.

Mark Nicholson

Unfortunately the app quit working when I upgraded to Android 8.0.

Jess Alexander Marlow

Does not open. Stuck on loading screen.

lydia mims

I don't know how to pronounce some words and some of the cards don't come with audio why I thought this would be great with the book though they have a CD I can't follow along in my car while I'm driving. Wish everything could be audible. Heck if pay extra but ya know that extra should of came with the book purchase

Victoria Brockmeier

The app emphasizes speaking, which supplements the books for a self-learner, but I'm learning French mainly to read it, so, eh. Content is generally good, though. The interface drives me NUTS. Back softkey exits the app instead of going back w/in it--ridiculous! & you can't set a favorite book to go back into or automatically open where you left off, so I'm perpetually restarting and having to tap through to select the language, scroll down to find my book, select the chapter, and find the set of cards I was working on.

Ashbranch Juniper

All flashcards, which is fine, but ugly and with a terrible soundtrack. Looks straight out of the 80's. Buy the book (in Spanish at least) but use other services and apps like tiny cards (apple users only), duolingo, mindsnacks, cram flashcards... anything really. That being said, if you can put up with a terrible interface, they aren't bad flashcards.

User reviews

November 30, 2017

McGraw Hill language books approach language learning from many angles and overlap nicely. I just added Italian Demystified, Italian Verb Drills, and Read & Think Italian to my language library. Their free Language Lab is centered on their books. So when I am away from my books I can still get in some study time while on the go. Italian Demystified and Read & Think Italian also provide streaming audio to accompany the text of the book. I chose these books because of the app and online audio. It allows me to find time everyday to stay immersed in study of vocabulary and grammar. I love McGraw Hill for bringing language learning to the 21st Century.

I don't know how to pronounce some words and some of the cards don't come with audio why I thought this would be great with the book though they have a CD I can't follow along in my car while I'm driving. Wish everything could be audible. Heck if pay extra but ya know that extra should of came with the book purchase

The app emphasizes speaking, which supplements the books for a self-learner, but I'm learning French mainly to read it, so, eh. Content is generally good, though. The interface drives me NUTS. Back softkey exits the app instead of going back w/in it--ridiculous! & you can't set a favorite book to go back into or automatically open where you left off, so I'm perpetually restarting and having to tap through to select the language, scroll down to find my book, select the chapter, and find the set of cards I was working on.

All flashcards, which is fine, but ugly and with a terrible soundtrack. Looks straight out of the 80's. Buy the book (in Spanish at least) but use other services and apps like tiny cards (apple users only), duolingo, mindsnacks, cram flashcards... anything really. That being said, if you can put up with a terrible interface, they aren't bad flashcards.

Flash cards are fine. Interface is crappy. The clicks and music are loud and I can find no way to turn them down or off. Recording myself would be more useful if I could read the words on the same screen as the record feature. And I have the same complaints as others about drilling down, not saving your place, not creating a 'favorites' deck, and the back button taking you out of the app.

I would give it five stars, only if I could save the book I use to a favorites instead of searching for it each time I accidentally press the back button my phone or when I open the app up. But, it is very useful for following the book exactly with the vocabulary words. So I am happy with the app and yet very annoyed with it at the same time.

It's a joke so they can say they did something rather than nothing. Flashcards per chapter, can't mix them up or do refresh of previous missed words. You can start words to save, and if you missed a word it will re-ask at the end of the pack, that's it. Amusing to think they would bother instead of using an existing platform like memorise, only with the matching vocab words. As mentioned by others the UI is awful and &lt;| arrow closes app instead of doing any "back" action.

I will use this app as it supplements the book in an acceptable manner but i must state that the UI is generally quite basic and uninteresting. This wouldn't be a problem if the sound effects and seriously unnecessary animations and music weren't so intrusive and obtuse. They are not needed in any way and really end up propelling this app back at least 20 years in its appeal. The app is lightweight because the audio is compressed beyond a point that makes it nice to listen to. I literally just got hit with a slot machine animation telling me i passed a 5 part listening and repeating exercise. It made me irate. You have sparked my ire, developers.

Depends on the Book, most likely. Japanese Demystified has a great presentation in this app. The app itself works well... doesn't kill battery, and is far better than getting an audio cd. In language learning, find an AUTHOR you like. They often write by contract for many different companies. For example, the author of Japanese Demystified has books in other companies. The attention and clarity is in all of her books and the

I was hoping this would be a good addition to the practice makes perfect Spanish Vocabulary book I just bought but it's only a flash card app. I was hoping to get print outs or at least in app exercises found in the book so I don't have to write in the book. Additionally the app navigation is poor. Almost anywhere in the app pressing your phone back key almost always closes the app completely.

Just received my Arabic for Beginers book and downloaded the app but it doesn't have the Arabic language in there so now I can't use this function. Not happy at all as the main reason I bought this updated copy is for the app function. I want to complain but unsure who to.

It is a good idea, and for all they seem to have thrown it together, it isn't too shabby. It could easily be fleshed out into something great. The biggest failure this app has is that each time you go to use it, AND after each lesson you finish, you have to select the language you are learning, find your book, then find your chapter. You shouldn't have to click through all of that every time, you should at least be able to save or "favorite" the books you own. It does appear to remember you progression in a book, showing the % complete, once you get there. You can "favorite" cards for later practice but it would be nice if it automatically build a master deck for you of all the cards in your books so you could uncheck them as you gained confidence.

Ginormous Publisher can't develop app that works This is a poorly designed app that keeps crashing. Come on McGraw Hill you can do better than this! Obviously you have the content. Invest some money in developing an app that works. This is embarrassing!